Researching Publican And Brewery Ancestors
Hundreds of thousands of our ancestors ran a pub, worked in a beer house, tavern or coaching inn, or were brewer’s draymen or coopers. The public house, in all its forms, had been a key part of local communities for many centuries. Simon Fowler is an experienced genealogist and lecturer, an expert on this subject and is also a member of the Pub History Society. His talk will demonstrate how to start researching brewery and publican forebears, looking at the major sources used to find more about these men and women. Simon will also provide a brief history of brewing and pubs in Britain since medieval times.
Wednesday 5th July 2017, 7.30pm
Methodist Church Hall, Queensway, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2HB
Free. Buckinghamshire Family History Society welcomes non-members to its Bletchley talks (a small donation is appreciated).
